surveys & research

survey: new leaders promoting positive changes

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three happy businesspeople looking at laptoppeople issues still among top challenges.

by sam allred, upstream academy
the rosenberg map survey

2015 was another good year for the profession.

more from the survey: cybersecurity grows in importance | mergers spur growth | accounting profession demands swift change | don’t just win work, figure out why | talent wars, m&a frenzy continue | next-gen leaders getting restless | mergers keep racing forward  | do you have a firm or a co-op? | accountability, equity, compensation are concerns | map survey top 10 findings | cpa firm revenues rise a hefty 8%
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most firms across north america performed well and were pleased with their results. most firms saw good organic growth – largely coming in non-traditional areas. more and more firms are investing significantly in growing their consulting practices – look for this to be a continuing trend.
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presidential post-election survey: why accountants voted the way they did

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z_-election-chart-trump-v-clinton-concerns-v2how accountants voted and why.

by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 post-election survey shows accountants split by different issues. trump accountants tend to be most concerned about terrorism while clinton accountants are more focused on global warming.

more survey results:  accountants assess business outlook following presidential election

part of the spread might be explained by gender. just as the accounting profession tends to be owned and operated by more men than women, 67.7 percent of 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 respondents were men – and roughly the same ratio of votes for trump over clinton. the demographics of the tax and accounting profession’s practice owners and leaders — the core of the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 community — tend to match voting patterns beyond the profession. in that, accountants vote more like, well, voters, than accountants.

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survey: cybersecurity grows in importance

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technology security with internet digital signature as artmake sure word filters throughout the firm, not just in it.

by roman kepczyk
the rosenberg map survey

in 2015, from a technology perspective, we saw traditional firms becoming increasingly comfortable with adoption of cloud-based technologies, many by first outsourcing their outlook with hosted microsoft exchange, which proved that the cost and expanded capabilities were better than what firms could do themselves.

more from the survey: mergers spur growth | accounting profession demands swift change | don’t just win work, figure out why | talent wars, m&a frenzy continue | next-gen leaders getting restless | mergers keep racing forward  | do you have a firm or a co-op? | accountability, equity, compensation are concerns | map survey top 10 findings | cpa firm revenues rise a hefty 8%
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the growing desire to have anytime, anywhere access to all the firm’s applications and data further promoted the adoption of private cloud and vendor-hosted solutions, so remote access capability could be firmwide.
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survey: ins and outs of email, document storage

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businessman touching virtual buttons in server roomjudicial rules are another consideration.

key findings

  • thirty-eight percent archive email by storing it locally or on the pc or a local server.
  • forty-four percent have no document retention policy for purging digital files.

by randolph p. johnston, leslie garrett and brian f. tankersley
the accounting firm operations and technology survey

there are practical solutions for email archiving and document retention policies available to firms of all sizes.

more from the survey: windows 7 and windows server 2012 | accountants quit trying to manage it themselves |workflow management concerns many firms | accounting firms add new service lines | how top tech vendors are failing cpas in the cloud | master change, master the future | why every cpa firm is a tech company at heart
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we know that 56 percent of firms have email hosted outside the office. while all firms have the option to either run a solution in-house or to have a third party handle this obligation, the firms who use hosted email could also utilize add-in services for this task.
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survey: mergers spur growth

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five businesspeople shaking hands under office skylightleadership, succession planning remain challenges.

by august aquila
the rosenberg map survey

the majority of my clients had a very good year in 2015.

more from the survey: don’t just win work, figure out why | talent wars, m&a frenzy continue | next-gen leaders getting restless | mergers keep racing forward  | do you have a firm or a co-op? | accountability, equity, compensation are concerns | map survey top 10 findings | cpa firm revenues rise a hefty 8%
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there were two primary reasons for their growth. first, many did more mergers than the year before, and second, they were acquiring more business advisory firms. one client told me that “they had enough accounting work and didn’t want any more, but would certainly be interested in acquiring a consulting firm.”
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